Mumbai Confidential: Making A Comeback

Mumbai | Monday | 18th February, 2019

Summary:

A week after being shunted out of Mantralaya, Medha Gadgil, the state’s seniormost bureaucrat, is set to make a comeback. AdvertisingPacemakerSome eyebrows are being raised in the state’s senior bureaucracy over Kishor Nimbalkar’s appointment as the new secretary of the Relief and Rehabilitation department. AdvertisingThe UltimatumChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cancelled his trip to Washim midway on February 14, and returned to Mumbai. Sources confirmed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has agreed to revise the 1983-batch IAS officer’s transfer, and post her as an Additional Chief Secretary in the CM-led General Administration Department. On February 11, Fadnavis had transferred Gadgil out of the Relief and Rehabilitation department, posting her as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Financial Corporation, which is seen as an inconsequential posting..